U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: "FDOI" General Purpose Cachets

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      This page displays First Day Covers with General Purpose (GP) cachets created by known and unknown Cachetmakers that include the words:
"First Day of Issue" (FDOI).

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      Wanted: a 300 bpi / 600 pixel wide (or greater) .jpg scan of any unlisted cachet, and ALSO any cachet marked ***
Email it to: henkle@pobox.com
Subject for this page: Doug Henkle unlisted "FDOI" General Purpose cachet
      (an email with any other subject or with any other graphical format will be ignored IF it has an attachment)

      U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number.
      mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue

      Other General Purpose (GP) cachet pages:
Eagles -- 1DC and 1DI -- FDC -- FDI -- FDOI
Identifier of all the GP's above on one page
General Purpose "Border" Cachets
      Note that each General Purpose Cachet has been assigned its own unique "GP#" Catalog Number.

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GP#FDOI-1a -- GP#FDOI-1b -- GP#FDOI-2a -- GP#FDOI-3a -- GP#FDOI-3b -- GP#FDOI-3c -- GP#FDOI-4a

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1. #FDOI-1a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1a -- unknown
         #795-GP6, 7-13-1937, XII:25 -- #796, 8-18-1937, NIP -- #802-GP21-NIP, 12-15-1937
   
#FDOI-1b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1b -- unknown
      #806, 6-03-1938 -- #803-834-GP15a, 5-19-1938, etc., XIV:68-69 (unknown) -- #837-GP5, 7-15-1938, XV:61 (unknown)

#FDOI-1c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1c -- unknown
      #795, 7-13-1937 -- #803-834-GP15, 5-19-1938, etc., XIV:68 (unknown)

      With a different center picture and lettering, this same unknown Cachetmaker made a cachet for specific issues. A very poor photocopy of the "Army" variety is pictured in Planty but I have not seen one. -- (USSS*)
      #786-795-26, various dates, XI:38
      USSS* = pictured in "The 1¢ Navy Stamp of the Army-Navy Series" by Paul M. Holland [The U.S. Specialist #1120, 6/2023, Vol. 94(6), p. 273]


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2. #FDOI-2a, Blue -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2a, Blue -- J.A. Burnett
         #752-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91 -- #756-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91 -- #758-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91 -- #773, 5-29-1935
   
#FDOI-2a.1, Black -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose modified for #737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a.1 -- J.A. Burnett
      Same as #FDOI-2a but with "MOTHER'S DAY" as part of the design.
#FDOI-2a.2, Black   multicolor -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose modified for #737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a.2 -- J.A. Burnett
      #C19-GP5-NIP, 6-30-1934, VII:49 -- #740-GP1, 7-16-1934, VII:49
      Same design as #FDOI-2a

#FDOI-2b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2b -- J.A. Burnett
      Same as #FDOI-2a with the Lincoln Memorial in the center as on GP#FDOI-1b and GP#FDOI-3b. I have not seen one on-line or in Planty.
#FDOI-2c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2c -- J.A. Burnett
      Same as #FDOI-2a with the Washington Monument in the center as on GP#FDOI-1c and GP#FDOI-3c. I have not seen one on-line or in Planty.

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3. #FDOI-3a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3a -- J.A. Burnett
         #775-GP3, 11-01-1935 -- #776-GP9, 3-02-1936 -- #784-GP6, 8-26-1936, X:97
   
#FDOI-3b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3b -- J.A. Burnett
      #776-GP9b, 3-02-1936 -- #777-GP10, 5-04-1936 -- #784-GP6a, 8-26-1936, X:97

#FDOI-3c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3c -- J.A. Burnett
      #776-GP9a, IX:48, 3-02-1936 -- #784-GP6b, 8-26-1936, X:97


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4. #FDOI-4 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-4 -- J.A. Burnett
         #704-715-10, 1-01-1932, III:91-92
   
      Searching through Planty Volumes 3 - 12, I found the following Cataloged examples of the above cachets. Some are identified as J.A. Burnett, and some are "Unknown". Following up, from a consensus of the collectors contacted about these designs, all GP#FDOI-2, GP#FDOI-3 and GP#FDOI-4 are by J.A. Burnett. However, GP#FDOI-1 remains unidentified.

704-715-10  -- GP#FDOI-4  -- III:91-92
none                      -- IV
none                      -- V
737-738-66  -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VI, p. 88
740-749-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, p. 49
750-GP1     -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, p. 58
752-771-GP2 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, P. 91
772-GP1     -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VIII, p. 23
773-GP2     -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 43
774-GP18    -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 64
775-GP3     -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 87
776-GP9     -- GP#FDOI-3a -- IX, p. 48
776-GP9     -- GP#FDOI-3a -- IX, p. 48
776-GP9a    -- GP#FDOI-3c -- IX, p. 48
778-GP4b    -- GP#FDOI-3b -- IX, p. 101
782-GP2     -- X, p. 26
783-GP7     -- X, p. 72-73
784-GP6     -- X, p. 97
785-794-26  -- XI, p. 38
C21-22-GP5  -- XI, p. 102
795-GP6     -- XII, p. 25
798-GP3     -- XII, p. 107

         

      How many more similar varieties of these designs exist? Because I don't know, I have left a few "GP#FDOI-" Catalog Numbers unassigned for future reported variations.
      GP#FDOI-5 -- GP#FDOI-6 -- GP#FDOI-7 -- GP#FDOI-8 -- GP#FDOI-9

10. #FDOI-10 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-10 -- Oswald A. Ludwig
          #804b -- #806b -- #807a -- #835 -- #837 -- #837* -- #838 -- #852
          * The #837 with a block of 4 is printed on a Carl M. Becken general purpose Air Mail envelope (GP#Border2).
    

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11. #FDOI-11 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-11 -- unknown
          #1230, 4-06-1963 -- #1373, 7-16-1969 -- #1380, 9-22-1969
    

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12. #FDOI-12 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-12 -- Myron F. McCamley
          #969, 9-21-1948
    
          also a similar design, signed Fidelity: #C41-9a 8-25-1949
    

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13. #FDOI-13 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-13 -- unknown
          #900-GP10, 10-16-1940
          Similar to #798-64 by Leona Christie -- XII:92
    
          Also see: GP#FDC36 -- "First Day Cover"
    

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14. #FDOI-14 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-14 -- unknown
          #680-GP2 violet -- 9-14-1929 -- #796-GP16 blue, XII:58 -- 8-18-1937 -- #802-GP26 purple, 12-15-1937 -- #837-GP1 purple, 7-15-1938
          GP#FDOI-14 purple -- GP#FDOI-14.1 violet -- GP#FDOI-14.2 blue [from Planty, I have no scan]
    
    
#FDOI-14a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-14a -- unknown
      #686-GP2 black -- 12-01-1930 -- #719-GP1 blue -- 6-15-1932
      GP#FDOI-14a black -- GP#FDOI-14a.1 blue



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15. #FDOI-15 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-15 -- unknown
          #774-GP, 9-30-1935 -- #802-GP19, 12-15-1937
    
#FDOI-15a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-15a -- unknown
      GP#FDOI-15a1, black --- #808-GP49-NIP, 7-01-1938 -- #1186, 9-04-1961 -- #1381-GP1, 9-24-1969

      GP#FDOI-15a2, blue ---#U524-GP1, 1-01-1932


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16. #FDOI-16 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-16 -- unknown
          -- #829, 12-02-1938 #957, 5-29-1948 -- #978, 11-19-1948 -- #E18, 10-30-1944
    

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17. #FDOI-17 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-17 -- unknown
          #645, 5-26-1928 -- #747, 9-18-1934 -- #748, 8-27-1934 -- #731, 8-25-1933
          Stars at bottom FDOI-17a blue -- FDOI-17b red
          Stars at top FDOI-17c red
    
    
    

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18. #FDOI-18 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-18 -- Universal Stamp Association
          #634ee, 3-28-1935
          Planty: #739-GP3, VII:14, Cachetmaker identified, First Cachet)
    

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19. #FDOI-19 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-19 -- unknown
          #654, 6-05-1929
          Planty: #C12-12 III:124
    

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20. #FDOI-20 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-20 -- unknown
          #683, 4-10-1930
    

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21. #FDOI-21 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-21 -- unknown
          #724-CC6, 10-24-1932,
    

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22. #FDOI-22, "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-22 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
          #775, 11-01-1935
          Planty: #774-GP9, VIII:63 -- #775-GP15, VIII:88
    

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23. #FDOI-23, "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-23 -- unknown
          #960, 7-31-1948
    

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24. #FDOI-24 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-24 -- unknown
          #723, 8-18-1932
          Planty: #690-GP9, III:52
    
          For the same design with "First Day Cover" text see GP#FDC5
    

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25. #FDOI-25 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-25 -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
          #732-GP1, 8-15-1933, VI:18 -- -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
          GP#FDOI-25a
    
    
          #737-738-52, 5-02-1934, VI:86 -(6-3/4") -- 1st Leona Mosher Christie
          not a General Purpose cachet
    
          #737-738-52a, 5-02-1934, VI:86 - (#10) -- 1st Leona Mosher Christie
          not a General Purpose cachet
    
    
          #737-GP3, 5-02-1934, NIP -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
          GP#FDOI-25b
    
          #748-GP3, 8-27-1934, NIP -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
    
    
          #776-GP7, 3-02-1936, IX:48 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
    have no scan -- "Red & silver. Only known on second day."
          #776-GP7a, 3-02-1936, IX:48 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger) -- GP#FDOI-25c2
    
          #778-GP6, 5-09-1936, IX:101 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
          GP#FDOI-25c
    
26. #FDOI-26 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-26 -- N-H Stamp-Coin-Book Co.
          #987-GP1-NIM
    
27. #FDOI-27 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-27 -- unknown
          #C25-GP5-NIM, 6-25-1941
    
28. #FDOI-28 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-28 -- McCaddon Company (William H. McCaddon)
          #737-738-87, 5-02-1934, VI:92 -- #739-GP1, 7-07-1934, VII:14 -- #748-GP5 -- 8-27-1934, VII:49 NIP -- #CE1-GP2, 8-30-1934, VII:106
    
#FDOI-28a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-28a -- McCaddon Company (William H. McCaddon)
      #764-GP1 -- 3-15-193 -- #799-GP2, 10-18-1937, XIII:77 -- #752-771-GP1, 3-15-1935, VII:91 -- #764-GP1, 3-15-1935, VII:91 -- #774-GP1, 9-30-1935, VIII:62 -- #775-GP14, 11-01-1935, VIII:88 -- #785-794-GP4, 12-15-1936 and others, XI:86 -- #799-GP2, 10-18-1937, XIII:77

29. #FDOI-29 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-29 -- Michael Sanders
          #785-794-GP8, 5-26-1937, XI:86
    
30. #FDOI-30 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-30 -- unknown
          #909, 6-22-1943
    
31. #FDOI-31 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-31 -- unknown
          #1214, 11-17-1961
    
32. #FDOI-32 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-32 -- unknown
          #795-GP19, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP
    
33. #FDOI-33 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-33 -- unknown
          #783, 7-14-1936
    
34. #FDOI-34 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-34 -- unknown
          #795-GP18, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP
    

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      As the following Eagle cachets are already installed and numbered, they will not be given additional "FDOI" GP Catalog Numbers.
      See more Eagle GP cachets at: Cachetmaker: Unknown: Eagle Cachets
35. #Eagle1 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle1 -- unknown
          #854, 4-30-1939
    

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36. #Eagle5b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle5b -- unknown
    

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37. #Eagle10 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle10 -- unknown
    

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38. #Eagle13 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle13 -- unknown
          Eagle13a black, #793, 3-23-1937
    
          Eagle13b blue, #935, 10-27-194
    
          Eagle13c red, #835, 6-21-1938
    

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39. #Eagle14 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle14 -- unknown
    

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